I love chakka kuru aka jackfruit seeds. In Kottayam, where I grew up, most houses have a backyard with various trees, most popular being jackfruit, banana, mangoes and of course the staple curry leaves plant. We've always had generous neighbours who share the fruits during season time and during summer, there's always a sack of some fruit or the other from friends and family around.
My mom makes the maximum use of any vegetable or fruit. She makes kumbil / varatti with the ripe jackfruit and reserves the seeds for aviyal or mezhukkupuratti, the two most popular chakkakkuru recipes in our house.
During a recent trip to KL, I bought a box of jackfruits. It had precisely 10 pieces inside which TH and I polished off in 2 mins. I washed and kept the seeds outside and once they dried, wrapped them in a shower cap and brought them back to Singapore. I had 10 seeds which meant there wasn't enough to make aviyal or mezhukkupuratti. I browsed around and finally zeroed in on a recipe from Sunita's blog.
Jackfruit Seeds in LentilsServes: 2Recipe adapted from Sunita's recipe.Ingredients:½ cup split red lentils / masoor dal, washed and drained½ cup toor dal, washed and drained10 jackfruit seeds / chakkakkuru, soaked, peeled and halved1 tomato, chopped3 pods of garlic, chopped1 teaspoon finely chopped ginger1 teaspoon chilli powder⅓ teaspoon turmeric powderA pinch of hingOil and mustard seeds, for temperingSalt to tasteInstructions:
1. Place the dals and the jackfruit seeds in a pressure cooker with 5 cups water. Cook for 3 whistles and let it cool.2. Heat oil and add the mustard seeds. Once they pop, add the ginger, garlic, hing, chilli powder and turmeric. Fry for 1 min.3. Add the tomatoes and fry for another 2-3 mins. To this, add the cooked dal and jackfruit seeds. Mix well.4. Add salt. Remove.
I served the dish with some warm chapatis. Sunita's version has vegetables too but I wanted to keep it simpler and give more 'importance' to the jackfruit seeds.
Nags
Sangeeta - take it easy girl 🙂 I am currently on vacation in India which explains the delay. Even otherwise, this blog is more a pasttime for now so expect some delay in future, ok?
I don't cook ripe jackfruit so don't have any recipes currently. My mom makes a sweet with it called chakka varatti which is quite tasty. Can get the recipe from her for you but give me some time for that. No more anger please 😉
sangeeta
hey Nags you dint answer my querry........me sad...angry...
prasukitchen.blogspot.com
i like jackfruits in any form ... curry looks delicious Nags ..
Please stop by at my blog when u get a chance .
sangeeta
i like jackfruit seeds in all forms...have tried roated with chat masala n a rajma like curry....
but never been able to consume the ripe flesh of the jackfruit...do you have any recipe ??
suitable for a northy palate who loves all southern delights with curry patta n coconut.
Reeni♥
Here I am not even knowing that the seeds are edible!! I learned something new. This sounds so delicious!
5 Star Foodie
Jackfruit seeds are new to me, very curious to try this dish, it looks delicious!
Sakshi
Nooo...all of you torture me with chakkakuru...sobs...no kurus or chakkas here in damn boston
Jayashree
Jackfruit seeds were a mainstay in my home too during the summer......used by my mother in several dishes, and maybe because it was so abundantly available and used, I never developed a taste for the seeds in any form.
Anonymous
Hey I tried it today and it came out very well. Thanks.
Red Chillies
it has beeen ages since I had jackfruit. Back home in Bangalore, we used to gorge on jackfruit and my mom used to dry and then boil the seeds to eat. But I am not familiar of making daal with it. Looks good!